Improve Forklift Efficiency with a Telematics Dashboard

If you want to improve forklift efficiency, then the place to turn to is the telematics dashboard where all of your real-time data is captured during the course of the work shifts with a forklift safety system. Being able to view the information collected can provide greater insights to improve forklift efficiency. Let’s first identify some questions that you want to know and how to get at these answers.

How to Improve Forklift Efficiency

A forklift safety system works to safeguard the forklift operators as well as the workers that need to be around the forklift each day. One of the best ways to improve forklift efficiency is to collect the data in real-time, identify and ask the right questions. The data is collected either through WIFI or cellular. Even in the deepest corners of the facility or outside where cellular or WIFI is weakest, the forklift safety system continues to capture the data and upload it as soon as it’s back within cellular or WIFI reach.

1. At the Start: Get in Access Control

Before the forklift inspection checklist can even be started, the operator will need to scan the badge or enter a PIN number to validate their credentials. If their badge or PIN is fake, or incorrect, the forklift will not start. If the forklift operator’s certificate is expired after notifications have been delivered and ignored, the forklift will not start.

2. Forklift Digital Inspection

The forklift safety system software takes you through the initial checklist that will determine if the lift truck is safe to be used. The answers to the questions will be digitally collected and stored in the telemetry Dashboard. The integrity of the answers is gained by randomizing the questions. This can insure reading and taking care in answering the questions. That’s because if the forklift inspection fails, the lift truck will be staying exactly where it is.

3. Hour Meter Reading

During the forklift inspection, you’ll automatically get to enter in the hour meter reading of the forklift. This will help you to determine when maintenance needs to be done, the amount of wear and tear on the lift truck, and ensuring the expiration of the warranty.

4. Impact Detection

Knowing the type of impacts is critical. Impacts are measured in G force where you can set in the telemetry Dashboard. When the impact hits a certain amount, it will record it as a low, medium or high impact. Then you can determine if you want notification for the type of impact as it records it in real time.

5. Time and Smile!

 Knowing when the impact occurs is great to know. Do most impacts happen on first shift mornings or at the end of the third shift. Also, when an impact occurs, you may also want to know what the operator was doing. Was the operator on the phone, looking elsewhere, distracted? At the time of impact, a picture can be taken (if the switch is turned on) and you can visually see the cause of the issue.

Summary

Improve forklift efficiency by using a telematics dashboard can be beneficial for those with large forklift fleets or even just a few. By discussing your goals with SIERA.AI we can show you how the telemetry Dashboard is easy to use as well as graphics-based for easy viewing and decision making.

Contact us today at sales@siera.ai or call us at (512) 817 0702.